Child s photographer s chair



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTIS CONVERSE \VHITE, OF \VOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHILDS PHOTOGRAPH ERS CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,184, datedSeptember 15, 1885.

Application filed April '13, 18:5. (No model.)

To wZZ wham it may concern/.-

Be it known that 1, OTIS GoNvERsn WHITE, of the city and county ofWorcester, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Chairs for Supporting a Child While in the Act ofBeing Photographed; and I do hereby declare the same to be described inthe following specification and represented in the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a rearelevation, Fig. 3 a side view, and Fig. 4 a vertical section, of a chairembodying my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claimshereinafter presented.

In the said drawings, A is a concavo-convex seat, provided at its rearwith an ear, a, adapted to slide upward and downward on a metallic backpiece, B, and held thereto, not only by a screw, b, extending from it(the said car) through a slot, 0, in the back piece, but by a nut, 01.screwed on the screw and against the back piece. The said back piece hastwo arms, 6, projecting in opposite directions from it, each of which,near its outer end, is hooked and provided with a clampscrew, f, goingthrough the prong of the hook and screwed into the arm. WVithin the hookis a cylindrical hole or bearing to receive the rod g of a curved clasp,72, such rod being extended downward from the clasp near the endthereof. On setting up the clamp-screw the rod can be clamped in thearm, so as to be prevented from turning or being moved upward ordownward therein.

To the front of the back piece a back-rest, O, is fastened.

There extends rearward from the upper part of the said back piece aproject-ion, h, and a curved neck, 70, the said projection being pro- 0vided with a pivot or journal, 6, as represented. The neck is furcatedor composed of two prongs, ll, disposed at a short distance apart, andhaving between them the curved and slotted tail-piece m of a headrest,D. A screw, m, goes from one prong through the slot of the tail piece,and also through the other prong, and there is screwed on it (the saidscrew) a nut, a. On setting up the nut the prongs can be clamped to thetail-piece.

The pivot is to enter the top of a stand of proper construction forsupporting the chair.

On an infant or small child being seated in the seat and resting againstthe back, the clasps are to be arranged so as to clasp the waist andextend under the arms of the child, after which the clasps are to beclamped in position and the head-rest is to be brought up to the headand-fixed in position. The infant or child will then be supported forbeing pho- 6o tographed.

I claim- 1. The combination of the seat and back with the twoindependentlyadj ustable waistclasps, as set forth. 55

2. A chair such as described, consisting of the back B, the seat A,adjustable on said back, the waistclasps h h, also adjustable, and thehead-rest D, adjustable, as set forth.

3. Aphotographerschild-supporting chair, consisting of the back B,having the pivot 43,, the seat A, the independent waist-clasps h h, andthe head-rest D, all adj list-able 011 said back, as set forth.

OTIS CONVERSE WHITE.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, ERNEST B. PRATT.

